TY - JOUR KW - Thin films KW - Annealing KW - Substrates KW - Permittivity KW - Crystals KW - Barium compounds KW - Antiphase domain boundaries (ADB) KW - Magnesia KW - Ceramic materials AU - H Li AU - H Zheng AU - L Salamanca-Riba AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AU - I Naumov AU - K Rabe AB - The origin of antiphase domain boundaries (ADB) and their effect on the dielectric constant of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 films grown on MgO substrates were discussed. The formation of ADBs was attributed to different crystal symmetry of the film and the substrate. The analysis showed that upon annealing the density of ADBs decreased and the dielectric properties improved. BT - Applied Physics Letters DO - 10.1063/1.1523632 LA - eng M1 - 23 N1 - cited By 14 N2 - The origin of antiphase domain boundaries (ADB) and their effect on the dielectric constant of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 films grown on MgO substrates were discussed. The formation of ADBs was attributed to different crystal symmetry of the film and the substrate. The analysis showed that upon annealing the density of ADBs decreased and the dielectric properties improved. PY - 2002 SP - 4398 EP - 4400 T2 - Applied Physics Letters TI - Origin of antiphase domain boundaries and their effect on the dielectric constant of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 films grown on MgO substrates VL - 81 SN - 00036951 ER -